Papanasam Sivan

Papanasam Sivan
Birth name	Ramasarman
Also known as	Ramaiah
Born	(1890-09-26)26 September 1890 Polagam, Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	1 October 1973(1973-10-01) (aged 83)
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation(s)	singer, composer
Papanasam Sivan Relatives V. N. Janaki (niece) M. G. Ramachandran (nephew-in-law)

Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.

Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyaagaraja. Using Classical South Indian music as a base, Sivan created compositions popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, D. K. Pattammal, and M. S. Subbulakshmi.

In 1962, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Life

Sivan's early years were spent in the Travancore area of Kerala. He was born at Polagam village in the district of Thanjavur, which was home to the musical trinity of Carnatic music. His given name was Ramaiya. In 1897, when he was 7, his father died. His mother Yogambal, along with her sons, left Thanjavur and moved to Travancore (now Thiruvananthapuram) in 1899 to seek the aid of his uncle. In Thiruvananthapuram, he learned Malayalam and later joined the Maharaja Sanskrit college and obtained a degree in grammar.

Ramaiya was very religious, and became even more so with the death of his mother Yogambal in 1910, when he was 20. He wandered from place to place visiting temples and singing devotional songs. He used to be an active participant in the devotional music sessions at the home of Neelakandasivan in Thiruvananthapuram where he learned many of Neelakandasivan's composition. In this period he went regularly to the temple at Papanasam, where he would smear bhasma all over his body. Hence people first began to refer him as Papanasam Sivan.

He took his first music lessons from Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar, son of Parameswara Bhagavatar. Later, he became the disciple of Konerirajapuram Vaidyanatha Ayyar, a well-known musician.

He was most interested in the devotional aspect of music. He preferred to sing devotional songs and encouraged other singers take part in sessions of devotional music with him. He was a regular performer in the main temple festivals in South India with his devotional songs.

He received the President Award in 1962, and in 1969 he received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award bestowed on him by "The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai". He was conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi in 1971.

D K Pattammal and D K Jayaraman, the sister-brother duo who were both awarded Sangeeta Kalanidhi, were his disciples. He taught Pattammal many kritis, and she also sang many of Sivan's compositions for films.

Family

Papanasam Sivan had an elder brother P. Rajagopal Iyer, whose daughter, V. N. Janaki, was an actress who would later serve as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu during 7-30 January 1988.

He had four children, 2 sons and 2 daughters namely P.S. Kirthivasan, P.S Ramadas, Smt. Neela Ramamurthy and Smt. Rukmini Ramani. Sivan started conducting bhajanai in 1934. After his death, his daughter Rukmini Ramani (b 1939), an accomplished singer herself, and her son Ashok Ramani have carried on the bhajanai tradition.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1934	Pavalakkodi	Music composer	K. Subramanyam
	Sita Kalyanam	Music composer & lyricist	Baburao Pendharkar and K. Ramnoth
1935	Naveena Sadaram		K. Subramanyam
1936	Naveena Sarangadhara
	Kuchela	Actor (as Kuchela), music composer & lyricist
1937	Chinthamani	Music composer	Y. V. Rao
1938	Sevasadanam		K. Subramanyam
	Yayathi	Music composer & lyricist	Manik Lal Tandon
1939	Mathru Bhoomi	Music composer	H. M. Reddy
1943	Sivakavi	Music composer (with G. Ramanathan) & lyricist	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
1944	Haridas		Sundar Rao Nadkarni
1947	Pankajavalli	Music composer & lyricist	S. Soundararajan Ayyangar
	Kannika	Lyricist (music by A. V. Natarajan	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
1948	Bilhana	Music composer	B. N. Rao
1949	Natyarani	Music composer & lyricist (with S. Rajaram)
1957	Ambikapathy	??	P. Neelakantan

Compositions

Composition	Raga	Tala	Type	Language	Other Info
Abayaambikaaramani	sankarabharanam
Adimalarinaiyallaal	pharaju
amba Nee irangayenil	Atana	'adi'
Ambikaye	Kharaharapriya	Adi	Varnam	Tamil
Andavane	Shanmukhapriya
Alavillaiye	mukhaari
Anbilaiye	kamaas
Balakrishna	Dhanyasi				–
Candra kalaavadamsam	sankarabharanam
Chittham Iranga	shahana	'Misra Chapu'
Cittam magizhvittidudu	bilahari
Dasarataatmajam	Poorvi Kalyani
Dayavillaya Dayalo	Kharaharapriya
Devi paadam paninden	Hanumatodi
Devi Neeye Thunai	Keeravani
Dharma samvarttani taaye	Nata
Durgaalakshmi saraswati	arabhi, yamunaa kalyaani
Eesane inda	chakravakam
Enadhu Manam	Harikambhoji
Enda vidamum	mukhaari
Ennatavam seydane yesodaa	kaapi	Adi		Tamil
Gangaiyani	hanumatodi
Gajavadana karunaa	shree ranjani	'adi'
Gowri Manohara Karunakara	gowrimanohari
Guruvaayoorappa	Chakravakam (raga)
Ihapara menumeru	simhendramadhyamam
Inbamenbadilaiye	Kanada
Kaana kan kodi	kambhoji
Kaanarasamudan	begada
Kaartikeya gaangeya	hanumatodi
Kaa vaa vaa	Varaali	'adi'
Kadaikkan nokki	hanumatodi
Kadaikkan paarvaiyadu	kamaas
Kali teerumo	hanumatodi
Kallaada ezhaiyallavo	saveri
Kanindarul purindaal	kalyani			'Tamil'
Kanmana murugacceyya	Surutti
Kannan madhura idhazhai	Bhimpalas			'Tamil'
Kapali	mohanam
Karpagaambike	bilahari
Karpagaambikai Nee Allavo	Behag
Karpagame	Madhyamavati
Karunai Varumo Enrenginen	Charukesi	'Adi'	'Carnatic'	'Tamil'
Ksheera Saagara Sayee	Purvi Kalyani
Kumaran taal	yadukula kaambhoji
Kunran kudi	hanumatodi
Maa ramanan	hindolam
Maal marugaa	Vasantha
Mahalakshmi Jaganmathaa
Mahaaprabo shree	arabhi
Malarinai tunaiye	Reetigowla			'Tamil'
Maname kanamum
Mariyaadai taano	dhanyasi
Marundalittarul	gowla
Mayil vAhanA –	mohanam			Tamil
Mulaadhaara murthe	hamsadhvani			Tamil
Naamamuravu	Darbar
Naan oru vilayaattu bommaiyaa	navarasa kannada
Naaraayana divya naamam	mohanam
Nee arul puriya vendum	keeravani
Nee gadiyaladu	bhairavi
Neeyallavo	kamavardani
Nekk-urugi	abhogi
Ninai maname	anandabhairavi
Paadamalare tanycam	kedaram
Paamalai inai undo	harikambhoji
Paarvati naayakane	shanmukhapriya	'adi'
Padamalare gaiyena	mayamalavagowla
Padumaabhan marugaa	nagasvaravali
Paraamukham enaiyaa	kharaharapriya
Paraashakti jananee	hamsadhvani
Paraatpara	vachaspati
Parpala porpani (kanni)	kamaas
Patita paavana raama	hanumatodi
Piravaa varam	latangi
Piraviyadanaar	sahana
Raadhaa mukhakamala	hindustani kapi
Raagagopaala devaadi devane	hanumatodi
Raamam bhajata	shree
Saamagaana lolane	hindolam
Saamaja vara gamana	madhyamavati
Saa sapaa nabonipaa	hamsadhvani
Sada siva kumara	Shuddha Saveri
Senthil aandavan	Kharaharapriya	roopaka	Kriti	Tamil
Sharanam ayyappaa	mukhaari
Sharavana bhava guhane	madhyamavati
Sharavana Bhava Enum	Shanmugapriya
Singara velavan vandhan	Anandabhairavi	Adi	Keerthanam	Tamil
Sivagangaa nagara	Punnagavarali
Sivakaama sundaree jagadamba	mukhaari
Sivakaama sundaree jagadamba	Surutti
Shree ganapatiye	deva manohari
Shree shrI vallI dEva sEnApatE	Natabhairavi
Shree maadhavaa	Behag
Sreenivaasa tava	kharaharapriya
Shreenivaasa tiruvenkata	hamsanandi
Shree shhanmukam	bhairavi
Shree vaataapi ganapatiye	sahana
Sikkal meviya	kambhoji
Sollu paapaa (paapaa kanni)	mukhaari
Sopana Vazhvil Sivakavi	mukhaari
Sree valli deva sena pathe	Natabhairavi
Swaamy sharanam	anandabhairavi
Swami Nan Undran	Nattakurinji	'Adi'
Swaami unran caranam	bilahari
, Swamikku Sari Evare	Kedaragaula
Taamasam en swaamy	hanumatodi
Taaye ezhaipaal	bhairavi
Tanigai valar	todi
Tattvamariya taramaa	Reetigowla
Tinameede natriname	bhupalam
Tirukkumaranaa yavadarittaar	sankarabharanam
Tiruvalar mayilaiyun (kanni)	kamaas
Tiruvazhundoor vaazh	dhanyasi
Tunai purindarul	shuddha hindolam
Unadu dayai enai	kamavardani
Undenru urudi	harikambhoji
Undu kuladeivaraaman	hanumatodi
Unnaiyalla vere gatiyillai	Kalyani	'Adi'
Unnaittudikka	kuntala varaali
Un paadame	Punnagavarali
Vaanor vanangu	anandabhairavi
Vandadellaam varattum	huseni
Vaayu Kumaaran	kalyani
Swami Nan Undan Adimai	Nattakurinji

See also

• List of Carnatic composers